-- BLOCK II --

Differentiation and Optimization

Lesson #

Date(s)

Section

Topic

Homework Assignment

15

Oct. 1

17.1

Parametric Plots

Parametric Plots Lab distributed

All but the last section should be completed by Mon., Oct. 6.
*FINAL MASTERPIECE DUE WED., OCT. 15* (at 11:59PM)

16

Oct. 3

14.3

Local Linearity and the
Differential
Read Section 14.3;
Do problems:
#4, 7, 11, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23
-- pp. 702-704
to be collected: Mon., Oct. 6

17

Oct. 6

14.4

Gradients and Directional
Derivatives

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Read Section 14.4;
Do problems:
#1-6, 20, 24, 33, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50-53, 55, 58, 64-66
-- pp. 709-712
to be collected: Mon., Oct. 13

18

Oct. 8

14.4

Gradients and Directional
Derivatives
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19

Oct. 13

14.6

The Chain Rule

Read Section 14.6;
Do problems:
# 4-6, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19, 22, 25, 36-38 -- pp. 725-726
to be collected: Fri., Oct. 17

Parametric Plots Lab Due Next Lesson!

20

Oct. 15

14.6/14.7

The Chain Rule (wrap-up)/Second Order Partials

Read Section 14.7
Do problems:
# 6-8, 22, 24, 26, 33, 35, 36, 38 -- pp.732-734
Due: Fri., Oct. 17 but not to be collected

21

Oct. 17

15.1

Local and Global Extrema

Read Section 15.1
#1, 5, 8, 16, 21, 23, 26, 31-- pp. 754-755
to be collected: Wed., Oct. 22

22

Oct. 20

15.2

Global Extrema

Read Section 15.2
#2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 29 -- pp. 762-764
to be collected: Fri., Oct. 24

Optimization project distributed -- Paper due Monday, Nov. 3 (complete exercises by Monday, Oct. 27)

23

Oct. 22

15.3

Constrained Optimization: Lagrange Multipliers

Read Section 15.3;
Do problems:
#7, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 30
-- pp. 771-774
Due Mon., Oct. 27, but not to be collected

24
Oct. 24

15.3

More on Constrained Optimization: Lagrange Multipliers/Leeway
25
Oct. 27

14.8

Differentiability

Section 14.8
Do problems:
# 5, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17
-- pp. 739-740

Due: Wed., Oct. 29 but not to be collected

Review Packet #2 Distributed

26

Oct. 29

 

Review

Review Packet 2 Solutions

27

Oct. 31

 

EXAM II

 

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